Writing a journal article.
Search UCF databases for ISTE publications.
Google Scholar
search for the most current resources
SAVE EVERY ARTICLE - great resource for compresensive exam
Journal stacks are on third floor.
Software evaluation:
Will it do what I need?
Will it work on my computer? (compatability, platform issues)
Ease of use and understanding.
Cost effective?
Will the skills learned transfer to other applications?
What kind of support is available? Is the help section valuable? (Electronic Performance Support System)
Dr. Kennedy - UB the director (digital book talk)
Literacy Defined
Literacy and intelligence have been too closely tied together
Corcoran (1981) defined intelligence as a skill in a medium
Growing up Digital
For today's media-centric kids, perhaps literacy needs to include media
As many as 85% of teens are aleady online.
Studies have supported that children spend an average of 4,000 hrs in front of some type of video screen over their teenaged years.
Teach to the strengths and remediate the differences.
Growing up digital
Has ADD become the norm?
They speak 'digital'... as natives, we are 'immigrants'
Words have little or no meaning
Repalced with pattern recognition and 'just in time' knowledge
Knowledge is now a commoidity
Teach technology like we teach ESOL classes.
Story Theme/Agenda
Characters
Types (45 master characters)
All types can be found in the first Star Wars
Values
Allowable actions
Conflict
Possible alternatives are not compatible with character's values
the moral / teachable moment is how the conflict is attempted to be solved - character is torn
Elements
conflict - three parts
1. Before - character learns of the need to do something is influenced, hesitates, decides, or refuses
2. During-character performs the task
3 After
Results
Tragedy=conflict wins
Comedy=character changes
Plot - a finite number ixists
- 31 processes - Propp (russian)
-7/20 master plots - Pooker/Tobias
Reader/viewer/player
-Plays a role in interpretation of events
-a narrative has many unsaid things and it is up to the reader/view/ player to reconstruct them based on the pieces given.
Search the web for an essay called Mind the Gap - what is missing in the movies.
Plot Generation
- Story is a way of organizing spatial and temporal data into cause/effect chain of events with a beginning-middle-end that embodies a judgement about the mature of the events as well as demonstrates how ???
Plot Generation
Change happens
Caused by something
a reCognition
is Credible
Hints - building your 2-minute trailer
Introduce setting character
Identrify source of conflict disruption and possible alternatives
Have an epic finish without giving resolution
Creating Transactional Learning Experiences Throught Interactive Performance
Transformative Learning
Transactional Learning
Constructivist Learning - Relies on active learning, it also relies on descriptive not prescriptive lessons.
Media Equation - book on the interaction of people and media
Search UCF databases for ISTE publications.
Google Scholar
search for the most current resources
SAVE EVERY ARTICLE - great resource for compresensive exam
Journal stacks are on third floor.
Software evaluation:
Will it do what I need?
Will it work on my computer? (compatability, platform issues)
Ease of use and understanding.
Cost effective?
Will the skills learned transfer to other applications?
What kind of support is available? Is the help section valuable? (Electronic Performance Support System)
Dr. Kennedy - UB the director (digital book talk)
Literacy Defined
Literacy and intelligence have been too closely tied together
Corcoran (1981) defined intelligence as a skill in a medium
Growing up Digital
For today's media-centric kids, perhaps literacy needs to include media
As many as 85% of teens are aleady online.
Studies have supported that children spend an average of 4,000 hrs in front of some type of video screen over their teenaged years.
Teach to the strengths and remediate the differences.
Growing up digital
Has ADD become the norm?
They speak 'digital'... as natives, we are 'immigrants'
Words have little or no meaning
Repalced with pattern recognition and 'just in time' knowledge
Knowledge is now a commoidity
Teach technology like we teach ESOL classes.
Story Theme/Agenda
Characters
Types (45 master characters)
All types can be found in the first Star Wars
Values
Allowable actions
Conflict
Possible alternatives are not compatible with character's values
the moral / teachable moment is how the conflict is attempted to be solved - character is torn
Elements
conflict - three parts
1. Before - character learns of the need to do something is influenced, hesitates, decides, or refuses
2. During-character performs the task
3 After
Results
Tragedy=conflict wins
Comedy=character changes
Plot - a finite number ixists
- 31 processes - Propp (russian)
-7/20 master plots - Pooker/Tobias
Reader/viewer/player
-Plays a role in interpretation of events
-a narrative has many unsaid things and it is up to the reader/view/ player to reconstruct them based on the pieces given.
- Search the web for an essay called Mind the Gap - what is missing in the movies.
Plot Generation- Story is a way of organizing spatial and temporal data into cause/effect chain of events with a beginning-middle-end that embodies a judgement about the mature of the events as well as demonstrates how ???
Plot Generation
Change happens
Caused by something
a reCognition
is Credible
Hints - building your 2-minute trailer
Introduce setting character
Identrify source of conflict disruption and possible alternatives
Have an epic finish without giving resolution
Creating Transactional Learning Experiences Throught Interactive Performance
Transformative Learning
Transactional Learning
Constructivist Learning - Relies on active learning, it also relies on descriptive not prescriptive lessons.
Media Equation - book on the interaction of people and media